Introduction

This website is my gift to Catholics. I am forever grateful and indebted to you, not least to my parents and teachers who taught me from my childhood the basics of the Christian faith and the fear of the Lord.

I am a former Catholic but not an anti-Catholic – I have no grudge or resentment against any individual, and frankly, I love all Catholics. I am all ‘for’ Catholics – even when I question the teachings and practices of the Catholic Church. I have made it my aim to 'speak the truth in love.'

So what can I give you?

First, I urge you to hold fast to the many truths taught by the Catholic Church, not least the Trinity, the incarnation of the eternal Son, his death on the cross, the resurrection, and his coming again for judgment, and other wholesome biblical doctrines and ethical teaching of the Church.

Sadly there are other teachings and traditions that have come in over the centuries which have obscured the gospel message. I want to help you clear off the dust so that the glory of the grace of God might shine through.

All of us need grace. For we all have broken God’s law, we are guilty before him, and we desperately need to know the way of salvation. This is what I desire to share with you most - the gospel, the good news that Christ came to the world to save sinners. If you are spiritually thirsty, let  me show you where I found the Water of Life so that you too may drink and satisfy your soul.

May I invite you to read the following:

1. Answers from the Bible – deals briefly with the main questions that Catholics ask about the way of salvation.

2. What must I do to be saved? – an explanation of the message of the gospel and an invitation to come to Christ for forgiveness and eternal life.

If you have any question, or if I can help you in any way, please do not hesitate to write to me.

May the Lord richly bless you,

Sincerely,
Joseph Mizzi

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Sometimes we speak of ‘giving’ our time, praise or service to God. But can I really give anything to the Creator and Lord of all? What can I give him other than that which he himself has given me in the first place? Even as the Scriptures say, ‘Who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid? For from him and through him and to him are all things’ (Romans 11:35, 36). We are completely dependent on God for our existence, life and every breath we take. ‘In him we live and move and have our being’ (Acts 17:28).

God is unlike us. He exists in and of himself, without beginning or end, and he is not in need of anyone or anything. He does not need angels or humans. He is perfectly happy in himself as he was eternally blessed before he made the universe. We cannot add anything to him who possesses all things. ‘Nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything’ (Acts 17:25).

There was a time when I thought that I could earn my salvation by living a good life, praying, attending church, and work hard enough to deserve his favour. After all that’s how things go, let’s say, my employer is obliged to pay me for the work and service I give him.

But how can I even imagine that Almighty God could ever be indebted to his tiny creature? I needed to hear the Bible’s gentle rebuke, ‘Who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?’

If I’m perfectly obedient to the Lord, well, that is what I ought to do. That is my duty. Nothing special about that. Moreover I have often disobeyed his will; so if anything, I justly deserve his disapproval and punishment.

Amazingly, instead he gave me what I do not merit - God freely forgave my sins and received me in his loving arms. When he found me unworthy and guilty, he gave me the best Gift of all, his Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for me.

What gift can I give to God? I can offer nothing but the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for all his goodness and kindness towards me – for creating and keeping me alive, for my parents, friends, and for my wife and children who give me so much joy, but most of all, I thank him forever and ever for Jesus, my wonderful Saviour.

I realize that my gift – my own heart – he himself has purchased with the blood of his Son. Yet just as my mother rejoiced with ‘my’ little present, God also rejoices with the love of his children.

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